Spittoon.



' Liconsa.

MICHAEL H. WHALEN, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y

SPITTOON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente-d Nov. ic, lars.

Application led April 14, 1915. Sera1No.21,263.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MICHAEL H. .VHALEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spittoons, of which the tollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification. A

This invention relates to spittoons or cuspidors, and has for its object to provide a receptacle of this kind which is sanitary and presents an appearance which is not unsi ghtly. A further object is to provide means for conveying or guiding the saliva to a place of concealment within .the body of the receptacle. i

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specilication, andv then more specifically deiined in the claims at the end of the description. v

In the accompanying` drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views: l

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a spittoon made substantially in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan 4view with the cover removed, and Fig. 3 is a detailed edge vieW of the conical member or shed.

The body 1 of the spittoo-n may be cylindrical in form and closed at the bottom', as at 2, the top being open. Removably fitted in the top open end is a cover 3 having a depending flange 4 to engage the inner wall. of the body and properly center the cover. The middle portion of the cover is depressed forming an inverted truncated cone 5 terminating in an opening 6 arranged centrally of the receptacle.

. Removably iitted in the bottom of the body 1 is an improved form of shed 7 which is generally conical in form, the cone surface 8 extending from the apex, which is arranged centrally of the receptacle and about on. a level with the mouth or opening 6 of the cover, to the peripheral edge from which depends a flange 9 of a size to lit within the body l.

At intervals around the edge portion of the conical member there are formed gables 'or peaks lt) arranged radially of the cone and extending from a point l1 about mid-'f way between the apex and periphery, to the llange 9 4which may be extended up tothe rldges of the gables, as shown in Fig. 3'. Between adjacent gables openings l2' are formed in the cone surface 8, said openings extending near to the bases or sides of the gables.

.The construction described is such that saliva entering the receptacle through the opening 6 in the cover will be delivered upon`v the central raised portion of the conical member 7,*either directly on or near the apex thereof, and How by gravity down the inclined surface ofthe cone 8 so as to be out or' sight through the opening 6. This flow oi the saliva down the surface of the cone will continue until it is delivered through one of the openings 12 into the bottom of the casing or body l of the receptacle.' If the saliva happensV to How in the direction of one of the gables 10 instead of directlyv to one of the openingslQ, said gable Will divert its course to one orthe other of the openings which extend near to the sides of the gable, so that the saliva will ultimately reach one of the openings in any event.l

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is z* l. In a spittoon, the combination With a body, of a cover having an inclinedsurface leading to a central opening, and a conical shed arranged within the body and having spaced openings in the peripheral portion of its conical surface, and gables arranged beween said openings for the purpose speci- '2. In a spittoon, the combination with a body, of a. cover having an inclined surface leading to a central opening, and a conical shed arranged Within the body and having spaced openings in the peripheral vportion of its conical surface, gables arranged between said openings, and a vertical flange depending from the periphery of the shed for supporting it abovethe bottom of the body.

3. In a spittoon, the combination with a body, of a coverihaving an inclined surface leading to a central opening, and a conical shed arranged within the body and having spaced Openings in the peripheral portion of its conical surface, and gables arranged between said openings with their ridges extending radially of the cone.

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4. In a spittoon, the combination with a body, of a cover having an inclined surface leading to a central opening, and a conical shed arranged within the body and having spaced openings in the peripheral portion of its conical surface, and gables arranged between said openings with their sides extendl ing near to the edges of the openings.

5. In a spittoon, the combination withna bodv, of a cover having an inclined surface leading to a central opening', and a conical shed made of sheet material arranged Within the bo 1Q y n ith its apex below the opening in the cove;j said shed having spaced openings in its peripheral edge and radially arranged gables between said latter openings and formed by bending the portions of said peripheral edge of the shed between adjacent openings into the shape of inverted in cross section, for the purpose specified.

ln testimony whereof l have signed nayl name to this specification.

MXCHAEL H. WHALEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

